[43] By Cicero.
[44] According to the Abbé de Bos's hypothesis.
[45] Those in the shades are supposed acquainted with the transactions in the world.
[46] The pictures were, the Parnassus of Raphael—and the school of Athens, which is a most glorious performance, and worthy the hand of a divinity—The first is in the hall of Constantine at Rome, and contains no less than twenty-eight figures—two of which in particular, the one representing Justice, and the other Meekness, are incomparable—They were the last things he executed before his death—They contain all that is excellent in painting, whether we consider them in the beauty of the composition, the noble gracefulness of the characters, the uncommon greatness of the style of the draperies, or the wonderful force of colouring, light, and shade.
[47] He was sent over as Ambassador extraordinary to France on the King's restoration. He was received at that court with great distinction; which seldom considers more than the external appearance. His Grace possessed all the graces. Lewis XIV, then in the flower of his age, said he was the only English gentleman he had ever seen.
[48] Deities interfere when they please—unseen by mortals!
[49] I Corinthians chap. i. v. 26.
[50] A concert established there in 1776.
[51] Horace, lib. ii. ode 14.
[52] Alludes to a circumstance that passed in the house of commons.